Carey Gillam

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The golden stalks of corn and lush green soybean fields that shape the U.S. farm landscape would not normally be described as battlefields. But that’s what they are turning into as the world’s biggest agricultural technology companies wage a fight for market share of biotech corn, soybeans and other crops. And […] Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Monsanto reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on June 30, thanks to strong sales of herbicide and genetically modified seeds. The St. Louis company, whose shares rose to the highest level in three years, attributed the gains to an earlier-than-normal rush by producers to apply herbicides on North American farm fields, and […] Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Monsanto is discussing with the American wheat industry whether it should be held to its promise not to release genetically modified wheat in the United States unless it can simultaneously market it in Canada, wheat industry officials said last week. Monsanto told top officials from U.S. wheat growing and marketing organizations […] Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Opponents of genetically modified foods celebrated a historic victory after voters approved a measure March 2 to make Mendocino County in California the first in the United States to ban GM crops and animals. The ban was approved despite strong opposition from biotech companies including Monsanto and DuPont, which have successfully […] Read more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri – As farmers throughout the U.S. Plains states wrapped up seeding of the new hard red winter wheat crop, worries mounted about a lack of moisture to boost plant development, wheat experts said Oct. 8. “We’ve had pretty good moisture to get the wheat planted and the majority of it is going […] Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Syngenta AG is negotiating with several American universities for help in work on a genetically modified wheat designed to fight fusarium, a fungal disease that costs farmers millions of dollars a year. The GM wheat, Syngenta’s first foray into that controversial arena, is resistant to fusarium head blight. The Basel, Switzerland-based […] Read more